TheBossRoss
@thebossross.bsky.social
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Friendly & wordy. Work-from-home knitter. Kind, not stupid. Ally of decency.
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Team Science. Team Democracy. Team Diversity.
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Based in Germany. In love with Scotland. At home in more than one place.
Friendly & wordy. Work-from-home knitter. Kind, not stupid. Ally of decency.
***
Team Science. Team Democracy. Team Diversity.
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Based in Germany. In love with Scotland. At home in more than one place.
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TheBossRoss
@thebossross.bsky.social
· Apr 19
In country after country, far-right populists offer easy solutions to often non-existent crises, fuelling xenophobia, jealousy, rage for votes. Once in power, they (ab)use their position, serve themselves, & keep people angry while solving nothing. Those who have not yet realised this don't want to.
Es gibt sie noch, die Realsatire:
Im Aldi sagt mir eine reizende ältere Dame: "Sie müssen sich wärmer anziehen, Sie erkälten sich sonst."
Ich mit Maske. Sie ohne.
Im Aldi sagt mir eine reizende ältere Dame: "Sie müssen sich wärmer anziehen, Sie erkälten sich sonst."
Ich mit Maske. Sie ohne.
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Es gibt sie noch, die Realsatire:
Im Aldi sagt mir eine reizende ältere Dame: "Sie müssen sich wärmer anziehen, Sie erkälten sich sonst."
Ich mit Maske. Sie ohne.
Im Aldi sagt mir eine reizende ältere Dame: "Sie müssen sich wärmer anziehen, Sie erkälten sich sonst."
Ich mit Maske. Sie ohne.
For years around & after Brexit, I struggled with the fact that returning to the UK for good was going to be difficult. (Since then, both Tory & Labour govts have made it impossible.) When I see messages like Sue's, I think it might have been a blessing. If only Scotland's independence came through.
I went to B&Q to get a Xmas tree yesterday with the kid and you drive through a bit of Bristol where the lampposts are absolutely covered in flags and it's really really grim. I don't understand why the council doesn't do something about it.
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
For years around & after Brexit, I struggled with the fact that returning to the UK for good was going to be difficult. (Since then, both Tory & Labour govts have made it impossible.) When I see messages like Sue's, I think it might have been a blessing. If only Scotland's independence came through.
There's something very charming about self-depricating humour. It's modest, cheeky, good-natured. It shows we don't take ourselves too seriously or more important than others. It shows we know we're not perfect, well aware of our weaknesses. With humour, it builds bridges.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
There's something very charming about self-depricating humour. It's modest, cheeky, good-natured. It shows we don't take ourselves too seriously or more important than others. It shows we know we're not perfect, well aware of our weaknesses. With humour, it builds bridges.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
#GoodMorning, everyone.
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
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#LearnALanguage - there'll be easy lessons and hard ones. Go on. You can punch right through those.
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#LearnALanguage - there'll be easy lessons and hard ones. Go on. You can punch right through those.
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
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#LearnALanguage - there'll be easy lessons and hard ones. Go on. You can punch right through those.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage - there'll be easy lessons and hard ones. Go on. You can punch right through those.
Exec Summary:
Stephen Miller is conspiring to oust Kristi Noem bcs he wants more concentration camps faster. Her dismissal is expected for early 2026.
If you think I'm exaggerating, read the article. [Read the article anyway. You should never just take my word for it.]
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Stephen Miller is conspiring to oust Kristi Noem bcs he wants more concentration camps faster. Her dismissal is expected for early 2026.
If you think I'm exaggerating, read the article. [Read the article anyway. You should never just take my word for it.]
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is on “very thin ice,” a White House official told MS NOW.
www.ms.now
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Exec Summary:
Stephen Miller is conspiring to oust Kristi Noem bcs he wants more concentration camps faster. Her dismissal is expected for early 2026.
If you think I'm exaggerating, read the article. [Read the article anyway. You should never just take my word for it.]
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Stephen Miller is conspiring to oust Kristi Noem bcs he wants more concentration camps faster. Her dismissal is expected for early 2026.
If you think I'm exaggerating, read the article. [Read the article anyway. You should never just take my word for it.]
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Trump removing free access to National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and switching it to his birthday - all by executive order - is so ... Trump. Mean, spiteful, and jealous. Pathetic. And so incredibly small.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump removing free access to National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and switching it to his birthday - all by executive order - is so ... Trump. Mean, spiteful, and jealous. Pathetic. And so incredibly small.
It's a year today that Assad was overthrown. In front of the Arabic corner store Syrian men gather, hug, banter. Everyone's excited & cheerful. Big smiles. Still palpable relief. Some late shopping for meals to celebrate. The owner gives me 6kg tomatoes for 2.50€. I insist to pay more - no chance.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's a year today that Assad was overthrown. In front of the Arabic corner store Syrian men gather, hug, banter. Everyone's excited & cheerful. Big smiles. Still palpable relief. Some late shopping for meals to celebrate. The owner gives me 6kg tomatoes for 2.50€. I insist to pay more - no chance.
Ein kleiner arabischer Laden. An der Kasse scherzen Kunde & Eigentümer. Ein 20er wandert hin & her. Ich halte die Hand auf. Sie lachen. Der Kunde dreht sich um & sagt strahlend: „Heute ist in Syrien Feiertag!“ Ich sage: „Ja, es ist ein Jahr her.“ Überrascht & glücklich nickt er. „Genau! Ein Jahr.“ 🫶
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ein kleiner arabischer Laden. An der Kasse scherzen Kunde & Eigentümer. Ein 20er wandert hin & her. Ich halte die Hand auf. Sie lachen. Der Kunde dreht sich um & sagt strahlend: „Heute ist in Syrien Feiertag!“ Ich sage: „Ja, es ist ein Jahr her.“ Überrascht & glücklich nickt er. „Genau! Ein Jahr.“ 🫶
An Arabic corner shop. The checkout. A customer & the owner banter; they jokingly hand the same 20 back & forth. So I hold my hand out. They laugh. The customer turns around & says, beaming, "Today's a holiday in Syria!" I say, "Yes, it's been a year." Surprised & happy he nods, "Exactly! A year." 🫶
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
An Arabic corner shop. The checkout. A customer & the owner banter; they jokingly hand the same 20 back & forth. So I hold my hand out. They laugh. The customer turns around & says, beaming, "Today's a holiday in Syria!" I say, "Yes, it's been a year." Surprised & happy he nods, "Exactly! A year." 🫶
Oh, they are worried...!
"State & federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism & protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, [...] compiling regular updates on public 'sentiment' surrounding the arrests, acc to law enforcement records reviewed by @apnews.com."
1/2
"State & federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism & protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, [...] compiling regular updates on public 'sentiment' surrounding the arrests, acc to law enforcement records reviewed by @apnews.com."
1/2
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oh, they are worried...!
"State & federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism & protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, [...] compiling regular updates on public 'sentiment' surrounding the arrests, acc to law enforcement records reviewed by @apnews.com."
1/2
"State & federal authorities are closely tracking online criticism & protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans, [...] compiling regular updates on public 'sentiment' surrounding the arrests, acc to law enforcement records reviewed by @apnews.com."
1/2
"Under the plans, the Government will fully fund apprenticeships for under 25s in small and medium-sized businesses."
I like this. This is good.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
I like this. This is good.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Young people to get apprenticeships in shops and restaurants in major shake-up
Young people will have better access to apprenticeships in shops and restaurants in a major multi-million pound drive to tackle record levels of youth unemployment
www.mirror.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"Under the plans, the Government will fully fund apprenticeships for under 25s in small and medium-sized businesses."
I like this. This is good.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
I like this. This is good.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Me:
2025 cannot possibly get any worse.
US Supreme Court:
Wanna bet?
@apnews.com: "The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump"
apnews.com/article/supr...
2025 cannot possibly get any worse.
US Supreme Court:
Wanna bet?
@apnews.com: "The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump"
apnews.com/article/supr...
The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Me:
2025 cannot possibly get any worse.
US Supreme Court:
Wanna bet?
@apnews.com: "The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump"
apnews.com/article/supr...
2025 cannot possibly get any worse.
US Supreme Court:
Wanna bet?
@apnews.com: "The Supreme Court weighs another step in favor of broad presidential power sought by Trump"
apnews.com/article/supr...
If politics, the world, or photography (or all of the above) are your thing, here are 100 @apnews.com photos that defined the year.
apnews.com/article/asso...
apnews.com/article/asso...
Associated Press 100 Photos of 2025: AP photos that defined the year
In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP’s 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
If politics, the world, or photography (or all of the above) are your thing, here are 100 @apnews.com photos that defined the year.
apnews.com/article/asso...
apnews.com/article/asso...
This is Sam. Sam is a US College student. On 20 November, he opened an Instagram account to describe the books he reads. 1½ weeks later, 30,000 people followed. This has since risen to 65,000. People love him because he's genuine, calm, honest. This heals me.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is Sam. Sam is a US College student. On 20 November, he opened an Instagram account to describe the books he reads. 1½ weeks later, 30,000 people followed. This has since risen to 65,000. People love him because he's genuine, calm, honest. This heals me.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage for all the right answers!
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage for all the right answers!
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage for all the right answers!
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
#LearnALanguage for all the right answers!
Offering a pardon in return for a vote or defection is an impeachable offence. Trump has just incriminated himself in writing.
@apnews.com: "Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties"
@apnews.com: "Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties"
Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as 'disloyal' for not switching parties
President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federa...
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Offering a pardon in return for a vote or defection is an impeachable offence. Trump has just incriminated himself in writing.
@apnews.com: "Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties"
@apnews.com: "Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties"
Reposted by TheBossRoss
"Have you guys ever been in so much trouble you had to win the presidency?"
😂 ... great line!
😂 ... great line!
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Have you guys ever been in so much trouble you had to win the presidency?"
😂 ... great line!
😂 ... great line!
🧶 love love love 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🧶 love love love 🎄
Maybe the humiliation of her time in office was too great & comprehensive to face. In denial, Liz Truss keeps coming back for more. A candid article in the Mirror showing the ridicule she still attracts & the absurdity or her current politics. I wish someone would protect her from herself.
Liz Truss humiliated by brutal public message ahead of her new YouTube show
In a stark video posted on social media, the disgraced ex-Tory PM, who lasted just 49 days in office, repeated her claims that the 'deep state' tried to destroy her
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Maybe the humiliation of her time in office was too great & comprehensive to face. In denial, Liz Truss keeps coming back for more. A candid article in the Mirror showing the ridicule she still attracts & the absurdity or her current politics. I wish someone would protect her from herself.
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500k devices that Starlink & other megaconstellations intend to launch"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects space telescopes like Hubble
A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500,000 devices that Starlink and other megaconstellations intend to launch
english.elpais.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500k devices that Starlink & other megaconstellations intend to launch"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
"The threat posed by Elon Musk’s satellites also affects #space telescopes like Hubble"
Gestern habe ich an einer Litfaßsäule ein Plakat für den Duisburger Weihnachtsmarkt gesehen. Oh ja, ein wenig Licht wäre schön - die Tage sind derzeit so dunkel. Also hab ich auf die Webseite geschaut. Ich weiß nicht - wann hat das begonnen, daß Weihnachtsmärkte mehr Rummel sind?
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Gestern habe ich an einer Litfaßsäule ein Plakat für den Duisburger Weihnachtsmarkt gesehen. Oh ja, ein wenig Licht wäre schön - die Tage sind derzeit so dunkel. Also hab ich auf die Webseite geschaut. Ich weiß nicht - wann hat das begonnen, daß Weihnachtsmärkte mehr Rummel sind?
As much as I'd love to see him cross, I believe Starmer's too timid, tied to Blue Labour & to Labour's red (campaign) lines to cross. It will take a new, braver person to do this. #Brexit
Cartoon: Andy Davey
Cartoon: Andy Davey
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
As much as I'd love to see him cross, I believe Starmer's too timid, tied to Blue Labour & to Labour's red (campaign) lines to cross. It will take a new, braver person to do this. #Brexit
Cartoon: Andy Davey
Cartoon: Andy Davey